US9359019B2 - Unhooking prevention structure for spare tire carrier - Google Patents

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US9359019B2
US9359019B2 US14/395,714 US201314395714A US9359019B2 US 9359019 B2 US9359019 B2 US 9359019B2 US 201314395714 A US201314395714 A US 201314395714A US 9359019 B2 US9359019 B2 US 9359019B2
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Hironori Narita
Kunihiro Matsuno
Yoshiyuki Houdou
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D43/00—Spare wheel stowing, holding, or mounting arrangements
    • B62D43/02—Spare wheel stowing, holding, or mounting arrangements external to the vehicle body
    • B62D43/04—Spare wheel stowing, holding, or mounting arrangements external to the vehicle body attached beneath the vehicle body
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16B—DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING
    • F16B39/00—Locking of screws, bolts or nuts
    • F16B39/02—Locking of screws, bolts or nuts in which the locking takes place after screwing down
    • F16B39/10—Locking of screws, bolts or nuts in which the locking takes place after screwing down by a plate, spring, wire or ring immovable with regard to the bolt or object and mainly perpendicular to the axis of the bolt

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  • the present invention relates to an unhooking prevention structure for a spare tire carrier supporting a spare tire under a floor of an automobile.
  • a main body portion 101 placing a spare tire T is connected to a frame material 100 f forming a floor portion of a vehicle body by a hinge 103 at a front end so as to lift up a rear portion thereof or unload on a road surface.
  • the main body portion 101 can be held by being suspended under a floor plate 100 b of the automobile by a structure in which a suspension bolt 105 and a hook 106 are combined.
  • the suspension bolt 105 includes a hexagonal head portion 105 h and a shaft portion 105 j in which a male screw is formed.
  • the shaft portion 105 j passes through a through hole of the floor plate 100 b of the automobile.
  • the hook 106 there is provided a cylindrical portion 106 t including a female screw on an upper portion. The female screw is screwed into the male screw of the shaft portion 105 j of the suspension bolt 105 .
  • the hook 106 comes to an unrotatable state. Therefore, by rotating the suspension bolt 105 , the male screw is screwed into the female screw of the hook 106 so as to raise the hook 106 .
  • the suspension bolt 105 In a case wherein the suspension bolt 105 is insufficiently fastened, the suspension bolt 105 loosens with time by a vibration of the automobile and the like, and the hook 106 descends so as to sometimes come out of the main body portion 101 of the carrier.
  • an unhooking prevention structure for a spare tire carrier can be attained.
  • This structure comprises a carrier main body portion for placing a spare tire and holding the spare tire under a floor plate of an automobile; and a bolt including a shaft portion and a head portion on a center axis, wherein the shaft portion is passed through the floor plate disposing the head portion on the floor plate, and the shaft portion includes a male screw below the floor plate.
  • This structure also comprises a hook hooked onto the carrier main body portion and including a female screw screwed into the male screw of the bolt so as to lift up the carrier main body portion by rotating the bolt around the center axis.
  • This structure also comprises a rotation restriction mechanism including a fitting cap removably attached to the head portion of the bolt so as not to rotate around the center axis relative to the bolt, and preventing the hook from disengaging the bolt by prohibiting the fitting cap from rotating at a predetermined angle or more.
  • the fitting cap In a state wherein the fitting cap is attached to the head portion of a suspension bolt, when the suspension bolt rotates, the fitting cap also rotates. However, when the fitting cap attempts to rotate at the predetermined angle or more, a rotation is restricted. Namely, through the fitting cap, a rotation of the suspension bolt is indirectly restricted. Consequently, even if a screw of the suspension bolt is insufficiently fastened, the hook can be prevented from descending with time and from coming out of the carrier main body portion.
  • FIG. 1 is an overall side view showing a spare tire carrier according to one aspect of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a side view showing a locking support portion of the spare tire carrier in FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a floor cap and a fitting cap used at the spare tire carrier in FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a rotation restriction mechanism used at the spare tire carrier in FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along a line V-V of the mechanism in FIG. 4 .
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective view wherein the floor cap is viewed obliquely from below.
  • FIG. 7 is a perspective view wherein the fitting cap is viewed obliquely from above.
  • FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a seat portion with a claw forming the rotation restriction mechanism.
  • FIG. 9 is an overall side view showing a conventional spare tire carrier.
  • FIG. 1 to FIG. 8 a spare tire carrier according to various embodiments of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 8 .
  • the following explanation and each direction of front and back, and up and down in the drawings are determined based on an automobile comprising a spare tire carrier.
  • a spare tire carrier 10 is a device for holding a spare tire T between especially right-and-left rear wheels RW (see a chain double-dashed line) under a floor at a rear portion of the automobile.
  • a rear floor portion of the automobile comprises a plurality of horizontal frame members 5 w extending in a vehicle width direction; and a vertical frame member 5 t extending forward from a position of the horizontal frame member 5 w on a front side, and by the frame members 5 w and 5 t , a rear portion of a floor plate 4 is supported from below.
  • the floor plate 4 (especially, the rear portion thereof) is partially covered by a decoration plate 7 from above.
  • the carrier 10 comprises a main body portion 11 ; a rotation support bracket 12 connecting a front end portion of the main body portion 11 to the vertical frame member 5 t of the automobile; and a locking support portion 20 suspending and supporting a back end portion 11 b of the main body portion 11 of the carrier 10 in the floor plate 4 of the automobile.
  • the main body portion 11 of the carrier 10 is formed in such a way as to place the spare tire T in a state of lying sideways.
  • the main body portion 11 can be formed in a shelf manner by appropriately bending, for example, a metallic pipe member.
  • the main body portion 11 can be also formed in such a way as to hold the spare tire T in a radial direction.
  • a front portion of the main body portion 11 there may be also provided a vertical pipe portion 11 d holding an outer peripheral face of the spare tire T from front.
  • the locking support portion 20 of the carrier 10 is a member for suspending the back end portion 11 b of the main body portion 11 in the rear portion of the floor plate 4 of the automobile in a state of hooking the back end portion 11 b of the main body portion 11 .
  • the locking support portion 20 includes a hook 22 hooking and supporting the back end portion 11 b of the main body portion 11 of the carrier 10 from below; a suspension bolt 26 connected to the hook 22 by a screw engagement between screws; and a spacer 24 .
  • the hook 22 includes a main body portion 22 f and a cylindrical portion 22 e provided on an upper side of the main body portion 22 f of the hook 22 , and on an inner peripheral face of the cylindrical portion 22 e , there is formed a female screw 22 x.
  • the suspension bolt 26 includes a head portion 26 h having a hexagonal shape, and a shaft portion 26 j in which a male screw 26 y is formed at a tip portion, and in a state wherein the head portion 26 h is located above, the shaft portion 26 j is passed through a through hole 4 h of the floor plate 4 . Then, the male screw 26 y of the shaft portion 26 j of the suspension bolt 26 is screwed into the female screw 22 x of the hook 22 . There, as shown in FIG.
  • the through hole 4 h of the floor plate 4 is formed at a bottom position of a depressed portion 4 k of the floor plate 4 , and in the depressed portion 4 k , there is housed the head portion 26 h of the suspension bolt 26 . Also, in a decoration plate 7 covering the depressed portion 4 k of the floor plate 4 , there is formed an opening 7 h for a bolt operation at a position corresponding to the head portion 26 h of the suspension bolt 26 .
  • the spacer 24 is a cylindrical member passed through the shaft portion 26 j of the suspension bolt 26 .
  • the spacer 24 is used for positioning a height of the hook 22 from the road surface D when the suspension bolt 26 is completely fastened.
  • a length of the spacer 24 can be set according to a vehicle type.
  • a clamp 28 preventing the spacer 24 from falling off from the suspension bolt 26 when the hook 22 is unfastened from the suspension bolt 26 .
  • a through hole 24 k at a position to which the clamp 28 is attached.
  • a claw 28 t of the clamp 28 enters into the spacer 24 from the through hole 24 k . Then, the claw 28 t of the clamp 28 is caught on an upper end of the male screw 26 y formed in the shaft portion 26 j of the suspension bolt 26 so as to prevent the spacer 24 from falling off relative to the suspension bolt 26 .
  • a hook disconnection prevention mechanism 30 prevents the suspension bolt 26 from rotating due to a vibration of the automobile and the like and further loosening so as to prevent the hook 22 from descending and coming off from the main body portion 11 of the carrier 10 .
  • the hook disconnection prevention mechanism 30 can be formed by a seat portion with a claw 38 fixed to a floor plate 4 side of the automobile, and a fitting cap 35 overlaid on the head portion 26 h of the suspension bolt 26 .
  • the seat portion with a claw 38 includes a flat plate portion 38 f having approximately a U shape in which a through hole 38 k is formed at a center through which the shaft portion 26 j of the suspension bolt 26 is passed.
  • the seat portion with a claw 38 includes an inclined wall portion 38 w rising upward while enlarging a diameter from a periphery of the flat plate portion 38 f , and the flat plate portion 38 f is surrounded by the inclined wall portion 38 w from three sides.
  • a vertical claw portion 38 z having a square flat plate shape formed in such a way as to protrude upward. As shown in FIG.
  • the seat portion with a claw 38 is housed in the depressed portion 4 k of the floor plate 4 so as to be set in such a way that the flat plate portion 38 f of the seat portion with a claw 38 is overlapped with a bottom of the depressed portion 4 k .
  • the seat portion with a claw 38 is provided such that the through hole 38 k of the flat plate portion 38 f becomes concentric with the through hole 4 h of the floor plate 4 , and at a position where the vertical claw portion 38 z becomes a front end side.
  • the seat portion with a claw 38 is formed by a steel plate so as to be fixed to the floor plate 4 by welding and the like.
  • the fitting cap 35 When the fitting cap 35 is overlaid on the head portion 26 h of the suspension bolt 26 , the fitting cap 35 comes to a state which cannot relatively rotate around an axis relative to the suspension bolt 26 .
  • the fitting cap 35 includes a cylindrical portion 351 having approximately a cylindrical shape, and a top plate portion 355 closing an upper side of the cylindrical portion 351 .
  • the fitting cap 35 is made of resin.
  • On an inner peripheral face of the cylindrical portion 351 there are formed shallow V-shaped grooves 351 v in which corner portions of the hexagonal columnar head portion 26 h of the suspension bolt 26 can be fitted in an axial direction.
  • the V-shaped grooves 351 v are provided at 12 portions every 30° in a circumferential direction.
  • the fitting cap 35 is overlaid on the head portion 26 h of the suspension bolt 26 , and the V-shaped grooves 351 v at 6 portions and the corner portions of the head portion 26 h are fitted, the suspension bolt 26 and the fitting cap 35 are maintained in a state which cannot relatively rotate.
  • the cylindrical portion 351 there is formed an arm portion 357 protruding outward in a radial direction from an outer peripheral face thereof.
  • the arm portion 357 is set to have a length in which a lateral face of the arm portion 357 can abut against the vertical claw portion 38 z of the seat portion with a claw 38 when the fitting cap 35 rotates around an axis.
  • a floor cap 32 closing the opening 7 h for the bolt operation.
  • the floor cap 32 includes a rubber cap main body portion 320 closing the opening 7 h for the bolt operation of the decoration plate 7 ; and a grip portion 324 having a band plate shape and gripped when the cap main body portion 320 is removed from the opening 7 h .
  • the cap main body portion 320 is formed in an approximately disk shape, and on a surface side of the cap main body portion 320 , there is formed a square groove 321 having an approximately square shape in a cross sectional view along an outer circumference of the cap main body portion 320 .
  • a wall portion of the square groove 321 forms a projection protruding to a reverse face side of the cap main body portion 320 , and the projection portion is fitted in the opening 7 h of the decoration plate 7 while elastically deforming. Furthermore, outside the square groove 321 of the cap main body portion 320 , there is provided a lip portion 322 pressing a peripheral edge of the opening 7 h from above for sealing. Also, on the surface side of the cap main body portion 320 , there are formed ribs 320 r radially extending from a center of the cap main body portion 320 at equal intervals in a circumferential direction.
  • the fitting cap 35 and the floor cap 32 can be formed so as to be mutually connected.
  • a connection plate portion 358 for connecting the fitting cap 35 to the floor cap 32 .
  • the connection plate portion 358 is a square plate portion and is provided parallel to the top plate portion 355 .
  • a lower face center of the connection plate portion 358 is connected to a center of the upper face of the top plate portion 355 by a shaft portion 359 .
  • the floor cap 32 includes a hook-shaped connection portion 325 for connecting the cap main body portion 320 to the fitting cap 35 .
  • the hook-shaped connection portion 325 is made of resin, and one portion is embedded in the cap main body portion 320 so as to be integrated.
  • the hook-shaped connection portion 325 is provided inside the wall portion forming the square groove 321 at a reverse face center of the cap main body portion 320 .
  • the hook-shaped connection portion 325 is formed by L-form guide walls in a cross-sectional view forming a space in which the connection plate portion 358 of the fitting cap 35 can be inserted from a direction along the cap main body portion 320 . Specifically, as shown in FIG.
  • the guide walls of the hook-shaped connection portion 325 includes vertical plate portions 325 s forming vertical walls of the space to be inserted, and a bottom plate portion 325 b forming a horizontal wall.
  • An upper end portion of the vertical plate portions 325 s are connected to an upper plate portion embedded in the cap main body portion 320 .
  • a width of the space where the hook-shaped connection portion 325 forms, i.e., an interval between the vertical plate portions 325 s is set in a value sufficiently larger than a width of the connection plate portion 358 of the fitting cap 35 in such a way that, as shown in FIG. 4 , the fitting cap 35 can turn around the axis relative to the floor cap 32 .
  • the bottom plate portion 325 b At an approximately center of the bottom plate portion 325 b , there is formed a through hole 325 x receiving the shaft portion 359 of the fitting cap 35 .
  • An inner diameter of the through hole 325 x is set in a value sufficiently larger than an outer diameter of the shaft portion 359 of the fitting cap 35 .
  • the bottom plate portion 325 b includes narrow notches interconnecting an outside and the through hole 325 x .
  • the bottom plate portion 325 b at a center on an entrance side includes a pair of pressure wall portions 325 c forming the notches, and the pressure wall portions 325 c are formed to be elastically deformable by a predetermined external force or more.
  • a width of the notch i.e., an interval between the pair of pressure wall portions 325 c is set to be wide on the outside, and be narrow on the inside (a through hole 325 x side). Then, a maximal portion of the interval between the pressure wall portions 325 c is set to be smaller than the outer diameter of the shaft portion 359 of the fitting cap 35 .
  • connection plate portion 358 of the fitting cap 35 is inserted into the space where the hook-shaped connection portion 325 forms from the direction along the cap main body portion 320 of the floor cap 32 .
  • the shaft portion 359 of the fitting cap 35 hits at the pair of pressure wall portions 325 c of the hook-shaped connection portion 325 of the floor cap 32 .
  • the connection plate portion 358 of the fitting cap 35 is further pressed into the hook-shaped connection portion 325 of the floor cap 32 , so that while elastically deforming the pair of pressure wall portions 325 c of the hook-shaped connection portion 325 , the shaft portion 359 of the fitting cap 35 passes through therebetween.
  • the shaft portion 359 of the fitting cap 35 is inserted into the through hole 325 x of the hook-shaped connection portion 325 , and a connection between the fitting cap 35 and the floor cap 32 is completed.
  • the pair of pressure wall portions 325 c of the floor cap 32 returns to an original state, and the shaft portion 359 of the fitting cap 35 is held inside the through hole 325 x of the hook-shaped connection portion 325 of the floor cap 32 .
  • a position of the fitting cap 35 can be shifted only for a predetermined amount in a horizontal direction relative to the floor cap 32 while the fitting cap 35 is being connected to the floor cap 32 , and the fitting cap 35 can turn around the axis relative to the floor cap 32 .
  • the floor cap 32 is pulled up with the grip portion 324 , and the cap main body portion 320 of the floor cap 32 is removed from the opening 7 h for the bolt operation of the decoration plate 7 .
  • the fitting cap 35 connected to the floor cap 32 is also removed from the head portion 26 h of the suspension bolt 26 .
  • the suspension bolt 26 is rotated through the opening 7 h using a spanner and the like so as to loosen a screw engagement between the male screw 26 y and the female screw 22 x and allow the hook 22 to descend.
  • the hook 22 is removed from the back end portion 11 b of the main body portion 11 of the carrier 10 , and the main body portion 11 is turned downward up to the position contacting with the road surface D shown with the chain double-dashed line in FIG. 1 .
  • the spare tire T can be placed relative to the main body portion 11 of the carrier 10 .
  • the main body portion is lifted upward up to a position where the spare tire T comes to an approximately horizontal direction.
  • the hook is hooked onto the back end portion 11 b of the main body portion 11 of the carrier 10 from below.
  • the hook 22 becomes unrotatable around an axis.
  • the suspension bolt 26 is rotated, and the male screw 26 y is screwed into the female screw 22 x of the hook 22 , so that the main body portion 11 of the carrier 10 is pulled up by the hook 22 , and the spare tire T is held under the floor of the automobile.
  • the fitting cap 35 is overlaid on the head portion 26 h of the suspension bolt 26 while being connected to the floor cap 32 .
  • the cap main body portion 320 of the floor cap 32 is fitted into the opening 7 h of the decoration plate 7 so as to close the opening 7 h , and an operation is completed.
  • the fitting cap 35 is connected relative to the cap main body portion 320 of the floor cap 32 in such a way as to allow a position shift only for the predetermined amount in the horizontal direction (a direction perpendicular to a center axis). Consequently, in manufacturing, even when a variation occurs at a position of the opening 7 h relative to a center axis of the suspension bolt 26 , the variation can be absorbed.
  • the fitting cap 35 in a state wherein the fitting cap 35 is overlaid on the head portion 26 h of the suspension bolt 26 , for example, when the suspension bolt 26 rotates and starts to loosen, the fitting cap 35 also rotates. However, by the arm portion 357 and the vertical claw portion 38 z , the fitting cap 35 is restricted so as not to rotate at a predetermined angle or more. Namely, the arm portion 357 and the vertical claw portion 38 z indirectly restrict the suspension bolt 26 from rotating through the fitting cap 35 .
  • the fitting cap 35 is relatively rotatably connected to the floor cap 32 , so that even in a state wherein the floor cap 32 is fixed to the decoration plate 7 , the fitting cap 35 can integrally rotate with the suspension bolt 26 . Also, the fitting cap 35 is connected to the floor cap 32 with respect to an axial direction, so that when the floor cap 32 is removed from the opening 7 h for the bolt operation of the decoration plate 7 , the fitting cap 35 can be simultaneously removed from the head portion 26 h of the suspension bolt 26 . Furthermore, when the floor cap 32 is attached to the opening 7 h , the fitting cap 35 can be overlaid on the head portion 26 h of the suspension bolt 26 .
  • the arm portion 357 is provided in the fitting cap 35 , and by abutting the arm portion 357 against the vertical claw portion 38 z of the seat portion with a claw 38 , a rotation is restricted so as to simplify a structure and suppress cost-up.
  • the arm portion 357 is provided in the fitting cap 35 , and by abutting the arm portion 357 against the vertical claw portion 38 z of the seat portion with a claw 38 , a turn between the fitting cap 35 and the suspension bolt 26 is attempted to stop.
  • an end portion of the fitting cap 35 is connected to the floor plate 4 by a hinge mechanism and the like so as to cover or uncover the head portion 26 h of the suspension bolt 26 , and to attempt to stop the turn of the suspension bolt 26 as well.

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